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Latitude: 52.0225 / 52°1'20"N
Longitude: 1.1388 / 1°8'19"E
OS Eastings: 615448
OS Northings: 240659
OS Grid: TM154406
Mapcode National: GBR TN8.0RZ
Mapcode Global: VHLBZ.PFDD
Plus Code: 9F4324CQ+XG
Entry Name: Blacksmiths Cottage
Listing Date: 22 February 1955
Last Amended: 29 July 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1204008
English Heritage Legacy ID: 277304
ID on this website: 101204008
Location: Wherstead, Babergh, Suffolk, IP9
County: Suffolk
District: Babergh
Civil Parish: Wherstead
Traditional County: Suffolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk
Church of England Parish: Wherstead St Mary
Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Tagged with: Cottage
TM 1540 WHERSTEAD THE STREET
(south side)
5/25 Blacksmiths Cottage
(formerly listed as
22-2-55 The Old Forge)
GV II
House, now two dwellings. Probable C15 - early C16 range with probable C16 cross
wing and later alterations and additions. Timber-framed, pebbledashed in panels,
with brick extension to cross wing. Plain tile roofs. L-shaped; single-storey and
attic range with 2-storey cross wing to left with later extension to rear. Single-
storey range may be a former open hall. 2 cells with board door to left. 3 small-
paned casements to ground floor and 2 gabled dormers with similar windows and barge-
boards. Steeply-pitched swept roof and large, off-centre stack. Cross wing: jettied
to front. Single small-paned casement to each floor. Bargeboards to gable. To left
return an external stack, the upper part rebuilt in C20 brick. Entrance by C20 porch
to extension. Interior (not fully inspected): earlier range has a beamed ceiling,
framing mostly concealed. End wall at 1st floor level shows jowled posts and tie
beam with arched braces and wall studding. Side purl in roof.
Listing NGR: TM1544840659
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